Tag: Minneapolis
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In Minneapolis, Artists Mobilize to Crush ICE
MINNEAPOLIS — A steady line formed in the hallway outside of Art Price’s co-operative screen-printing and painting studio in an old Grain Belt Beer building. Visitors held blank t-shirts, sweatshirts, and other apparel that would soon be emblazoned with anti-ICE messages and artwork, from the Minnesota state bird, the loon, dubbed a “rebel loon” in read more
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Amid National Upheaval Over Minneapolis Killings, Photographer Ellen von Unwerth Attends White House ‘Melania’ Screening
On Saturday, the same day that federal Border Patrol agents shot and killed intensive care nurse Alex Pretti in the street in Minneapolis, and as an historic winter storm bore down on a large swath of the United States, the White House staged a screening of Melania, the forthcoming documentary about First Lady Melania Trump. read more
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Minneapolis Institute of Art Closes for Third Straight Day Amid Alex Pretti Killing, ICE Protests
The Minneapolis Institute of Art, the city’s leading art museum, announced on Sunday that it would remain closed on Sunday “for the safety of staff and visitors,” according to a statement posted to Instagram. The institution was one of many in the city to close on Friday as part of the Day of Truth and read more
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